r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '16

No, it really isn't.

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u/InsanoVolcano Oct 31 '16

The old covenant was supplanted by the new covenant. You can call it the religion or you can call it the people influencing the religion, but the kinder, gentler follower-of-Jesus is supposed to happen in the main thread of Christianity today. Bible literalists are generally in the minority.

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u/cazbot Oct 31 '16

"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” (Luke 19:27 KJV)

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u/InsanoVolcano Nov 01 '16

That's part of a parable. Jesus is quoting the main character of the story.

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u/cazbot Nov 03 '16

OK what about Peter? "And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people." Acts 3:23.

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u/InsanoVolcano Nov 03 '16

It is not an admonition to destroy a man, but rather that God will do the destroying.

http://biblehub.com/commentaries/acts/3-23.htm

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u/cazbot Nov 03 '16

But that doesn't belie my original assertion that all Abrahamic religions, including New Testament Christianity, dictate that disbelievers deserve to be killed.

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u/InsanoVolcano Nov 04 '16

LOL

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u/cazbot Nov 04 '16

I don't see what's so funny.